Møllehøj is the highest natural point
[For comparison, the tallest man-made structure in Denmark is the Tommerup Transmitter, which stands 321m or 1045ft high.] in
Denmark at .
Geography
Møllehøj is in the Ejerbjerge hills in
Skanderborg municipality, very close to
Ejer Bavnehøj. The summit is marked with a
millstone
Millstones or mill stones are stones used in gristmills, for grinding wheat or other grains. They are sometimes referred to as grindstones or grinding stones.
Millstones come in pairs: a convex stationary base known as the ''bedstone'' and ...
, a remnant of Ejer
mill which was situated on the hill from 1838 to 1917. The mill had eight sides and had an onion-shaped roof.
New measurements made in February 2005 showed that Møllehøj was higher than both
Yding Skovhøj (172.66 m including a
Bronze Age burial mound on its summit, 170.77 m without) in
Horsens municipality and
Ejer Bavnehøj, which had both been thought higher. These two high points' natural heights are, however, respectively 9 and 51 cm lower than Møllehøj. It was officially recognised as Denmark's highest point in 2005.
See also
*
Himmelbjerget, which was thought to be the highest point of Denmark until 1847
Notes
References
Highest points of countries
Hills of Denmark
Skanderborg Municipality
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